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RE: [Digital BW] Good camera for B&W

2004-01-05 by Austin Franklin

Hi Paul,

> You can greatly improve B&W shots if you shoot color, and use tools like
> Photoshop's channel mixer to convert to B&W afterwards.

That's purely subjective as to what you believe is "improv[ed]".  I strongly
disagree, and believe that the best B&W images one can get is to shoot MF
(Medium Format, my preference being Hasselblad) using specific films (My
preference being Tri-X and Plus-X), developed in a particular way (D-76
1:1), and scanned in grayscale (not RGB ;-) and printed them using Piezo...
But again, that's purely subjective...

Regards,

Austin

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